Volume 30, Issue 2, June 2007
Teaching in the New Climate of Conservatism
Alison M. Jaggar
Pages 149-172
Teaching in Colorado
Not a Rocky Mountain High; Academic Freedom in a Climate of Repression
The main purpose of this paper is to offer an account of academic freedom. By way of context, it begins with a brief history of challenges to academic freedom at the University of Colorado. It then turns to the following questions. Who enjoys academic freedom and which of their activities does it protect? What is the relationship of academic freedom to constitutionally and internationally protected civil liberties? From whom or what does academic freedom provide protection? Is academic freedom compatible with public accountability? What are the rationales for academic freedom?